Psalms 8

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1 [For the choirmaster On the . . . of Gath Psalm Of David] Yahweh our Lord, how majestic is your namethroughout the world! Whoever keeps singing of your majesty higher than the heavens,	1 For the leader; "upon the gittith." A psalm of David.
2 even through the mouths of children, or of babes in arms, you make him a fortress, firm against yourfoes, to subdue the enemy and the rebel.	2 O LORD, our Lord, how awesome is your name through all the earth! You have set your majesty above the heavens!
3 I look up at your heavens, shaped by your fingers, at the moon and the stars you set firm-	3 Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have drawn a defense against your foes, to silence enemy and avenger.
4 what are human beings that you spare a thought for them, or the child of Adam that you care for him?	4 When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and stars that you set in place--
5 Yet you have made him little less than a god, you have crowned him with glory and beauty,	5 What are humans that you are mindful of them, mere mortals that you care for them?
6 made him lord of the works of your hands, put al things under his feet,	6 Yet you have made them little less than a god, crowned them with glory and honor.
7 sheep and cattle, all of them, and even the wild beasts,	7 You have given them rule over the works of your hands, put all things at their feet:
8 birds in the sky, fish in the sea, when he makes his way across the ocean.	8 All sheep and oxen, even the beasts of the field,
9 Yahweh our Lord, how majestic your name throughout the world!	9 The birds of the air, the fish of the sea, and whatever swims the paths of the seas.
	10 O LORD, our Lord, how awesome is your name through all the earth!